5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PISES

PISES is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How PISES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PISES as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,582 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__E_ P in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position PI_ES P in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE CAIRN SOLAR SCANT SLART
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PISES performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,582 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PISES ranks #11,582 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

509
362
190
182
162
113
89
88
54
42
41
37
28
28
27
27
26
22
21
19
19
15
15
14
13
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PISES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

21.6% →
TALON 5.77 bits
15.4% →
LEARE 5.51 bits
8.1% →
CAIRN 5.32 bits
7.7% →
SOLAR 4.10 bits
6.9% →
SCANT 5.10 bits
4.8% →
SLART 4.95 bits
3.8% →
DIRTY 3.92 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.45 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.40 bits
1.8% →
CLARY 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for PISES; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

P3I1S1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.